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ArceaSon wrote: Hi, I'm beginning to consider my college options, and I have a few questions for students at St. Louis:</p>
<p>Are there co-ed dorms? By floor or by section? Co-ed bathrooms?</p>
<p>Is there air conditioning? How spacious are dorms? How prevalent is WiFi?</p>
<p>How is the food?
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<li><p>Co-ed dorms: Yes, but no co-ed suites on the South40.</p></li>
<li><p>Floor or by section: Floor. Tho what do you mean by section?</p></li>
<li><p>Co-ed bathrooms: No. All bathrooms on the South40 are per gender.</p></li>
<li><p>Air conditioning: Yes. Some dorms have central AC. Others have per room AC. </p></li>
<li><p>Spaciousness: “Dorms like palaces” per The Princeton Review. However, don’t expect hotel style large rooms of course! From personal experience, there is room for the desk+dresser+bookshelf (included) as well as personal decorations and devices (I had a hot water cooker, steam cooker, and printer in my room). Most dorms have a common suite, and these are quite roomy. When I was in Rutledge (which sadly is gone and now replaced by brand-new modern dorms), our common room had enough space for a flat-screen TV (not included, my suitemate’s), two mini fridges, one circular dining table, two sofas, one coffee table, and a giant shelf. With more room to spare. We also had a very nice balcony (but I’m not sure if the new dorms have these)</p></li>
<li><p>WiFi is virtually everywhere on campus. </p></li>
<li><p>Food - Marvelous, delicious, huge variety! Fresh-baked pizzas, Asian food, sushi bar, pho bar, custom-made sandwiches and wraps, different soup every day of the week, carvery, vegetarian, kosher, grilled meats, Indian food, specialty pastas, fresh-baked bread, fullscale bakeries, ice coffee, chai, sweet potato fries, toasted ravioli-- the list could go on and on. One year The Princeton Review put WashU as #1 for Best Food. There are also many places to eat-- you can check out Bon Appetit on the WashU site. </p></li>
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<p>There is also housekeeping service in your suite certain days of the week. You still have to take out the trash yourself of course.</p>
<p>Hope this helped!</p>
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<p>Hi biology91,
I looked at the Bon Appetit website</p>
<p><a href=“http://diningservices.wustl.edu/[/url]”>http://diningservices.wustl.edu/</a></p>
<p>and they haven’t released the open eateries list for Summer 2010. In the past, the South40, Danforth University Center, and Whisper’s venues have been open. Check out the Bon Appetit site and if you want more specifics, email the staff. They are incredibly friendly! You can also check out the Bon Appetit site for the full list of eating places around WashU!</p>
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<p>What Johnson181 said: Schnuck’s for basic groceries. 15-20 minute walk from campus down the sidewalk past Fontbonne. </p>
<p>Bear Mart and Village Mart are very convenient, but overpriced also. I only buy there cuz I’m too lazy/busy to go to Schnucks.</p>
<p>which one is better: traditional or modern dorms?</p>
<p>@hotdancer924,</p>
<p>I prefer modern dorms, but it’s subjective. For me modern dorms “feel nicer” with the carpeting and floor living rooms. I also like baking so it is nice to have a kitchen on the first floor. I’ve only been in one trad out of the past three years. There was one kitchen shared between the three dorm buildings of that rescollege.</p>
<p>However, trads have their perks too, including balconies and large common rooms. They are also cheaper.</p>
<p>So it’s mostly a personal preference.</p>
<p>So anyone can use kitchen? and what kind of things we can cook?</p>
<p>And how about the restroom? One each room?</p>
<p>@Soundwave: No. You must have a Level 9 Clearance in order to use the kitchen. Level 10 if you want to open the fridge. </p>
<p>Just kidding. Anyone can use the kitchen, which includes oven, microwave, stovetop, and fridge. </p>
<p>Most of the dorms have a “public” restroom on the first floor–anyone can use these. Then you have the bathrooms in the suites. On the South40, each suite has one bathroom. Each bathroom has two sinks, one shower, and one stall. It works out perfectly fine, don’t worry.
In the Village, some suites have two bathrooms (but you don’t move into the Village until you’re an upperclassman)</p>
<p>To add on to my bear mart/ village mart statement: I always buy there, instead of off-campus since I have a TON of extra mealpoints (even on the smallest plan a sophomore resident can have). </p>
<p>As a freshman, the vast majority of you will have far more mealpoints than you could possibly spend.</p>
<p>^^ True. Most freshmen I know always have excess of meal points.
I don’t know what happened with me. I never had extra meal points. I eat loads of food and gained five pounds my first year AND had to add more meal points (I get particularly hungry during the wintertime)</p>
<p>By the way, if you have extra meal points, you can also order catering from Bon Appetit (platters of brownies, spicy buffalo wings, cookies, etc). I hear Subway has some giant sub for a set amount of points as well.</p>
<p>How is the south 40 fitness center? What sort of machines do they have there? I’m not the sort of person who lifts obsessively and I usually just run outside, but I do like to lift lightly to maintain tone lol. Basically, is it worth the $30 fee they are asking for on the housing application?</p>
<p>Is there any music practice room around the dorm?
I don’t want to abandon my piano skill after 14 years of practice</p>
<p>Soundwave- there are several music rooms scattered throughout the dorms. Additionally, the music library is on the south 40.</p>
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<p>Yes, there are definitely several pianos around campus. One is in the music building. There used to be one in Rutledge basement, don’t know where they moved that one now that Rutledge is going. My best bud would practice there every day haha.</p>